Friday, May 31st

Two days of EOG's completed!  

Several students will be taking tests today in various areas of the building.  We will be on regular schedule pending any adjustments that will be made clear on the announcements.

Sarah is off campus today and I will be leaving @ 1:15 to attend a Saturday funeral in the Midwest.  Please assist in problem solving with your students for disciplinary issues that arise as we will be short on administrators.  Kathy, Susana, Stacy and Jenn will rotate through the office if an issue needs immediate support.

Thursday, May 30th

My song for the day is "Divisionary" by Ages and Ages

I have Given a TSI-AT Professional Development offering sheet to the following constituent groups

1. Kindergarten - Melissa H.
2. 1st grade - Bridgette H.
3. 2nd Grade - Cindy A.
4. 3rd Grade - Amanda M.
5. 4th Grade - Lynn H.
6. 5th Grade - Nicole W.
7. Specialists - Joel P.
8. EC/ESL - Diana A.
9. Classified - Dawn H.
10. Instructional Leadership - Su M.

Please communicate your top two choices TODAY, as I need these 10 papers by 8 am on Friday morning to compile for the WSFCS survey.

TSI – AT  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS  

MTSS - Problem Solving and School Improvement Planning  

As an extension to the MTSS Problem Solving and School Improvement Planning hosted in March and April 2019, school teams can take a deeper dive into any of the critical components of MTSS and/or connecting Root Cause Analysis with Evidence Based Strategies for school specific sessions.  The session will be customized to your school focus specific components that are needed to support problem solving as part of the continuous improvement cycle.  

Duration: 1 day on-site, face-to-face; at least 2 days of follow-up related to next steps identified in the first on-site session.   

Differentiated Instruction 

Utilize Carol Ann Tomlinson’s DI work (Content, Process, Product and Environment) as a DI framework. Basic Overview of Differentiated Instruction focusing on the following. 1. What are the philosophy, principles and practice of differentiation? How can these guide our work? (The Why). 2. What factors should we consider when we provide differentiated support? (The How). 3. What parts of my instruction can I differentiate? (The What).    

Duration: 4 days of professional development with coaching opportunities in between sessions.   

Culturally Responsive Teaching – Mindset and Instructional Strategies  

Recognizing that our culture shapes our values, attitudes, beliefs, and behavior this professional development will support educators in examining their personal beliefs, biases, and assumptions using a framework created by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Participants will reflect upon how their beliefs translate to their formation of relationships, facilitation of instruction, and cultivation of student engagement.   Education research shows that children learn best when their culture and language are reflected in the school’s curriculum. Culturally Responsive instructional strategies will support a connection between students’ historical and sociocultural experience and the content they learn in schools. This professional development will provide educators with the tools to engage students in the following areas:  1. Responsive Classroom Management 2. Responsive Academic Vocabulary 3. Responsive Academic Literacy 4. Responsive Academic Language   

Duration: 2 days of professional development with coaching opportunities in between sessions.  

SIOP - Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol 

By 2025, one in four K-12 students will be an English learner. Meet their needs with the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, or SIOP® Model. SIOP® is the only empirically validated model of sheltered instruction. It includes 8 major components and 30 features for teaching grade-level content while developing students’ English language skills. Educators will gain an in-depth understanding of the components of the SIOP® Model and strategies to implement it in their classrooms in this multiday workshop. Participants gain practical skills to collaborate, share, and implement lesson plans that incorporate all eight components and thirty features of SIOP® in order to teach content while developing students’ academic and social language. While SIOP was developed to meet the needs of EL, SIOP can also be used as a framework for all learners. 

Duration: 3 days of professional development with coaching opportunities in between sessions.   

Co-Teaching  

Participants will attend as teams of ESL/EC and regular education teachers and explore the 6 types of co-teaching, determine when the models are most appropriate, and develop lessons plans that reflect rigorous instruction and the use of the co-teaching models.  

Duration: 4 days of professional development with coaching opportunities in between sessions.   

Externally Conducted CNA 

Schools can select an external consultant to conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment and follow-up sessions with school improvement teams and/or school leadership teams to review the results and determine next steps for continued improvement.  The consultant must have experience with NCStar indicators and must be approved by the school’s Instructional Superintendent.  

Duration: Depends on the external consultant. 

Wednesday, May 29th

EOG day #1

Due to the excessive heat, above 90 degrees, there will be no outdoor recess on the 29th or 30th.  The forecast for Friday, May 31st will allow us to rerun to our typical recess times. 

On Wednesday and Thursday, ALL 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will complete their breakfast in the cafeteria. There will be an announcement when all the bus students are on campus.

Security and accountability for the testing plan is vital.  When in doubt, document and ASK.  

Tuesday, May 28th

homestretch - the last part of a process or action

"this project has been a lot of work, but we're finally in the homestretch"

Synonyms of homestretch

capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, endgame, ending, finale, finis, finish,grand finale, mop-up, windup, wrap-up

Words Related to homestretch

acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce (or coup de grace), crescendo, crown,culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenithaftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue (also epilog), postscript shank, tag end, tail end

Near Antonyms of homestretch

foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue (also prolog)

Antonyms of homestretch

baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, start 

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Friday, May 24, 2019

Friday, May 24, 2019

     Drama performance for only 4th and 5th graders today at 1:30.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 23rd

Welcome Mad Science into the computer lab!

• Thursday, May 23rd:
• 9:15-10:15 Raines
• 10:30-11:30 Dempsey
• 11:45-12:45 Woody

• Friday, May 24th:
• 8:30-9:30 Weber
• 9:45-10:45 Robertson
• 11:00-12:00 Walters

Our School Board visits on Friday Morning from 9:00-9:45.  We want them to have a full picture of our school, yet will not be able to get to every classroom.  Be patient and prepared.

My expectation is our testing rooms will be "clean-wall ready" for testing by Friday @ noon.  Angie and I will begin our walk with the mobile units. 

Wednesday, May 29th we will host Colon Moore, WSFCS director of construction & school planning, to update us on the progress for #NewBrunson2022.

Wednesday, May 22nd

The impending transition at the end of the year creates stressors that manifest in aberrant behaviors.  We must increase our supervision to support all students. 

• Be early to all your supervisory responsibilities
• Engage students in positive interactions
• Put your phones away
• Everybody works arrival and dismissal
• Specialists and IF’s, now free of PLT duty, will support car riders and bus dismissal in areas of highest need
• Drop off and pick up specials on time
• Be intentional with your movement at recess
• Arrive and leave the lunch room on time
• Create goal times for bathroom breaks

My final request for this topic:

• Engaging a student who is struggling with behavior should start with feedback that is Kind, Specific and Helpful. 
• When we begin our correction to a student with, “What are you thinking?”  They see our judgmental body language and facial expressions as Harsh, Vague and Debilitating

Monday, May 20th

This will be an OUTSTANDING week of building SA/3D!

• BELT meets - Wednesday May 22nd
• WSFCS Core Awards Banquet - Thursday May 23rd celebrating
• TOY, Kelsey Williams
• CEOY, Doris Davis 
• Mad Science/4th grade - Thursday, May 23rd
• Mad Science/5th grade - Friday, May 24th
• Drama Club Performance - Friday, May 24th @ 1:30
• School Board Visitation @ 9am - Friday, May 24th
• EOG Room/Hall check - Friday, May 24th

Be aware of the following changes to the schedule beginning on May 28th.

• EOG Lunch Schedule begins on the 28th and continues through the remainder of the year
• The only shift is for 2nd and 3rd grade classes
• Posted @ sign in and office
• Crew will meet as follows
• June 5th @ regular times to prepare for field day events
• June 10th @ 8:45 for all K-2 Crews
• June 11th @ 8:45 for all 3-5 Crews
• Specials schedule is posted on the board outside the office

Friday, May 17, 2019

Friday, May 17, 2019

     Express your thanks to our parents and Family Crew for all they did for us this week.  We are blessed to have them!

CREW CELEBRATION @ 1:50

• 1st grade specials @ 6th period 12:35-1:15
• 5th grade specials @ 5th period 11:25-12:05
• All call by grade levels starting @ 1:40
• Please sit with your Crew
• Celebration will end by 2:30
• Dismissal from homerooms

A couple of updates to the testing plan

• Room Checks will be Friday May 24th after the school board visit
• Don't forget the Hallways    
• The Specials/Lunch schedule, adjusted for May 28th through June 11th, will be available on May 20th

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thursday, May 16, 2019

On Friday from 3:00-3:45 the staff can enjoy ice cream provided by our Family Crew.  Yum!!

Congrats to:

• Caroline Gardner ~ She has received a Fulbright Scholarship and will be teaching in Spain next year.  We are proud of you, Caroline.
• Angie Chee ~ She has held successful test and proctor trainings. 

Starting tomorrow, there will be a table in the gym on the far wall to display all our lost and found items.  Classes can come through PE from Friday the 17th to Friday the 24th to claim their items before we send it all to Goodwill.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Lunch provided by our 

awesome Family Crew

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

     Family crew (PTA) will provide lunch Wednesday (catered by Mooneys) from 10:45am- 1:45pm. Teachers, please drop your classes with the volunteers in the cafeteria and then you can go have lunch in the gym.

     Make sure you let the PTA know how much you appreciate their hard work in celebrating teachers.  

Ms. Landreth will not be in today.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Teacher Appreciation Week!

• Monday - Shower your teacher with Flowers
• Tuesday - Breakfast
• Wednesday - Lunch
• Thursday - Cards of appreciation
• Friday - Ice Cream Floats!

Other action this week includes:

• Tuesday @ 1:45 - Birthday Bash for June & July 
• Tuesday @ 3:30 - EVAAS help session
• Wednesday @ 3:30 - EOG Training
• Friday @ 1:45 - CREW celebration for Better Brunson Day

Here is a picture from my JOY filled weekend

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Thursday, May 9, 2019

HAG tour today at 11:45

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

I goofed on the testing dates:

• May 29th ELA EOG 3-5
• May 30th Math EOG 3-4, Science EOG 5
• June 4th RTA testing, 5th Grade Math EOG
• June 7th 3rd Grade ELA EOG Retest
• June 12th 4&5th EOG ELA Retest
• June 13th 5th EOG Science Retest